Blas E Padrino

Wild Ride on a Seesaw Blas E Padrino

Lindy's cocaine smuggling venture is as creative as it's illegal. While boatloads of contraband have entered the country by way of the Louisiana bayous for centuries, getting the shrimp fishing fleet of St. Mary's Parish to unwittingly help him was a true stroke of genius. It's 1992 and many Vietnamese refugees had recently settled in the area, most working as shrimpers. This doesn't sit well with the Cajun fishermen who have trawled the same Gulf of Mexico waters for decades. Lindy's thugs are stirring resentment by cutting nets, sabotaging engines and taking pot shots at the fishing boats on both sides. Reports of the mischief keep raining upon Parish Sheriff Gaston Picard, who's hard-pressed, but determined to keep the peace. With all the attention of the authorities focused on the shrimpers' feud, Lindy's half-ton of coke is a sure thing to sneak through. But could two seven-year old girls and an ageless Chitimacha brave keep Lindy from plunging the community into a bloody ethnic conflict?